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US (NE): Local farm to add hemp to crop lines

The team at Western Farms hopes to make industrial hemp easier for local producers to add to their crop line up.

Industrial hemp is used for a variety of products from CBD oil and health foods to paper, textiles and biodegradable plastics.

Currently, the Western Farms had 750 hemp plants in three varieties that are well-known for their high production levels and the success other growers have had with the plants. A partnership with the University of Nebraska Extension will involve cross-breeding plants to further develop plants with traits that would work well in the panhandle.

The focus at Western Farms is the seed. Industrial hemp has a 90-100 day growing period and when the current growing cycle ends in January, they expect to harvest 15 million seeds, according to P.J. Hoehn, the company’s president.

Read more at starherald.com

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